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Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College (nymag.com)
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[–] al_Kaholic@lemmynsfw.com 21 points 6 days ago (10 children)

I mean college is cheating them out of 200k plus of money so do you blame them?

[–] platypode@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, wholeheartedly. They’re not cheating the school—they’re cheating themselves. If you’re paying 200k+ for an education, for what earthly reason would you then skip the actual education?

[–] al_Kaholic@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Please go on tell me again how college actually translates to working a real job. What's the point of knowing anything you can look it up just as fast. Also as fast as tech changes it's not worth it to commiting time and energy beyond the basic understanding of things.

[–] Keepthoseeyeslockedonmine@kinkycats.org 0 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

@al_Kaholic @platypode not my usual content, but isn't college about teaching a way for thinking and critical analysis rather than learning by rote? Obviously the bar is raised nowadays, not only do you have to be a critical thinker, you need to be smarter at analysis and insight than AI. 'Knowing things' is for school, it is not advanced education

[–] al_Kaholic@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 hour ago

Have you met anyone in America with critical thinking skills? Where is this magical city? You are the reason that the colleges can scam 200k because you think that being in college and getting a piece of paper is the only way to gain this knowledge

[–] platypode@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

Yeah, this guy is either trolling or doesn’t have the faintest clue what a good education actually comprises.

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